Dr. David B Pruitt M.D.
Psychiatrist | Psychiatry
701 W Pratt St 4th Floor Baltimore MD, 21201About
Dr. David Pruitt is a psychiatrist practicing in Baltimore, MD. Dr. Pruitt is a medical doctor specializing in the care of mental health patients. As a psychiatrist, Dr. Pruitt diagnoses and treats mental illnesses. Dr. Pruitt may treat patients through a variety of methods including medications, psychotherapy or talk therapy, psychosocial interventions and more, depending on each individual case. Different medications that a psychiatrist might prescribe include antidepressants, antipsychotic mediations, mood stabilizers, stimulants, sedatives and hypnotics. Dr. Pruitt treats conditions like depression, anxiety, OCD, eating disorders, bipolar disorders, personality disorders, insomnia, ADD and other mental illnesses.
Education and Training
U of Tx Med Sch At Houston, Houston Tx 1974
University of Texas At Houston / Medical School At Houston 1974
The University of Texas School of Medicine at San Antonio 1974
Board Certification
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Testing the limits: special treatment procedures for child and adolescent partial hospitalization.
- Child and adolescent day treatment: population profile.
- A comparison of intensive psychiatric services for children and adolescents: cost of day treatment versus hospitalization.
- Treatment protocols in child and adolescent day treatment.
- Physical and sexual abuse in childhood: relationship with post-traumatic stress disorder.
- The AACAP and hospitalization for children and adolescents.
- Post-traumatic stress disorder in young children: a reaction to purported sexual abuse.
- Psychological factors affecting children's response to medical procedures: a guideline for clinicians.
- Affective disorders in referred children and younger siblings of manic-depressives. Mode of onset and prospective course.
- Intestinal effects of 5-hydroxytryptamine and morphine in guinea pigs, dogs, cats and monkeys.
- Resolved: child psychiatry and child neurology should be a combined discipline.
- Results of treatment one year later: child and adolescent partial hospitalization.
- Leeches and hematomas: a discussion.
- Stressors and development: a reciprocal relationship.
- Dealing with stress and trauma in families.
Treatments
- Bipolar Disorder
- Anxiety
- Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (ptsd)
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (adhd)
- Adjustment Disorder
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